Shazam!

Okay, if I can manage the html here, I might be able to actually post something.

Let's talk about art!  Or, more specifically MY art, because, ... it's the only type of art I'm qualified to discuss.

A couple of weeks ago I decided that I wanted to be a comic book artist.  Not for realz, of course, but I wanted to EMULATE that style, because despite my life long apathy towards superheroes, I've gained a sudden appreciation for well hung Metro Bear musclebound good guys, due to my recent obsession with Megamind. 

I'd done a fair bit of cross hatching in the past,

But nothing like the strong, bold lines that Marvel is famous for.  And when I went to MAKE said bold lines, it was MUCH more difficult that I would have imagined!  It would seem that I see the world in a thousand shades of grey.  My first attempt was thus:

It's not horrible, but also not as bold as I'd hoped.  Yestersay, I made this one:

I think I'm happier with it, but still not thrilled.  I had a hard time separating what the ACTUAL colours were, from where the shadows are.  Meaning, Megamind wears black, so my brain wanted to colour him all black.  Except, yeah, hello?  Light and shadows people.  I'm sure this will take a lot longer for my brain to process, and the only thing to do is DRAW MOAR.  Oh, and colour stuff.

One word.  BULGE. :D

Oh, for inks I used a .5 Micron pen, and the bolder lines are a 1. pen.  I also used a brush pen for the larger areas.